Greenwood Chair Making Courses
Greenwood chairmaking courses starting with a freshly cut log you will make your own chair and at the end of the 5 day course take it home with you.
Greenwood chair making courses. On the 5 day chair making courses the use of green wood is essential in order to make the finest possible chairs and this wet wood is fully dried before being incorporated into the chair. His courses have gained international acclaim regularly attracting participants from as far afield as japan and new zealand as well as scandinavia and elsewhere in europe. We can learn a lot from it says peter young course instructor. A six day course run from the devon green wood centre on the beautiful south devon coast.
From pole lathe turned windsor chairs ladder back chairs with varied seating contemporary and free form sculptural pieces to an ever expanding range of other projects. In that time more than two thousand people have attended his chair making courses. I teach the whole range of greenwood crafts. Starting with an unseasoned log you will learn how to create a beautiful and unique chair which will last for generations.
The course centre is set in a beautiful 90 acre wood in the national forest on the leicestershire derbyshire border. We offer day weekend midweek and week long courses ranging from traditional windsor chairmaking to contemporary willow sculpture longbow making to spoon carving. The stool making and chair making courses commence from 9am apart from on the day of arrival when tuition will begin at 10am. Green wood chair making course 6 days.
This is one of the most satisfying green wood projects and the course is suitable for complete beginners and experienced woodworkers alike. Introduction to green woodwork courses kuksa carving courses and make a shave horse courses run from 10am 5pm each day. Greenwood days have been running woodland craft courses since 1998. With only 2 4 participants per course everyone benefits from a high level of one to one tuition.
Courses take place at the green wood chairs studio near skibbereen co. Combining the skills of traditional windsor chair making with techniques of free form green wood furniture construction this course will enable you to design and develop a chair or other seat with a strong sculptural presence. Each person can expect to take a completed windsor chair stool away with them at the end of their course along with the skills to make more on their own at home. The purpose built workshop provides students with the necessary facilities for designing and making chairs stools and small tables.
I offer two to nine day courses in green woodwork and chairmaking for novices amateurs and experienced craftspeople.